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Task allocation problems have focused on achieving one-shot optimality. In practice, many task allocation problems are of repeated nature, where the allocation outcome of previous rounds may influence the participation of agents in subsequent rounds, and consequently, the quality of the allocations in the long term. We investigate how allocation influences agents' decision to participate using prospect...
This demo showcases our recent work on assisting CPG (Consumer Packaged Goods) companies with their product packaging designs by providing color palettes that are visually appealing, novel and consistent with targeted brand messages. Specifically, we start by mining a large collections of images of different products and brands to learn about colors and color combinations that frequently appear among...
Motivation, the driver of individual behavior, is highly related to what and how people talk and behave. Segmentation is an important marketing concept in business for understanding consumer demand and for formulating marketing strategies to fulfill this demand. From this perspective, the service quality of a city bus is a pull-based motive. Moreover, empirical evidence suggests that higher service...
After a physical crime occurs an important action typically takes place: the reporting of the crime to the police. However, this action becomes more complex for a victim to properly execute when a cybercrime is experienced, which can be partly explained for instance by a lack of knowledge about cybercrimes and computer security. Cybercrime reporting is crucial because it can provide a multitude of...
Timely and effectively handling of customer complaints, can not only eliminate customer dissatisfaction, but also increase customer satisfaction with and loyalty to the enterprise. Thus, exploring the influence mechanism of complaints handling is significant for both consumers and companies in e-commerce. This study constructs a research model, and puts forward some research hypotheses. The results...
Usage of game mechanics, dynamics, aesthetics and game thinking in a non-game systems is called gamification and recently becomes very popular in academia. In e-learning systems gamification is mainly used to increase user's motivation, experience and engagement. When using gamified design elements in e-learning, we must consider various types of learners and learning objectives that have to be set...
Storytelling is a foundational activity in every human culture, and the stories humans tell emanate from and result in each culture's unique history and mythology. Storytelling can also be an effective business tool for the creation of workplace culture. In the hands of capable leaders, storytelling can build strong culture, resulting in high employee engagement, which leads to high performance organizations...
Understanding consumers' expectations of fair data collection and usage (CEFD) in an online environment is critical in a time when the analysis of customer data is increasingly important for companies. Drawing on the psychological contract and justice theory, this study developed a holistic picture of customer expectations by applying a two-stage research design. In stage 1, in-depth interviews with...
This paper examines the difference in levels of psychological empowerment in Malaysian small and large oilfield service company's field employees in order to understand in which of the settings psychological empowerment strategy is most effective to the point the employees really feel empowered. According to [1], size-related characteristics of small companies usually manifest in challenges such as...
The intellectual gap experienced by the oil and gas industry has created a hyper competitive environment forcing organizations to look for ways to retain their best talents beyond the traditional benefit offerings. This paper examines if components of psychological empowerment contribute to employee retention. To examine this, a survey was administered to 37 oilfield service personnel from different...
Color plays a fundamental role in sporting activities, not only as an esthetic element but also for the physiological and psychological effects that it produces on our five senses. Wearing noticeable and identifiable colors when performing sports is important. The visibility of color provides a sense of identity for both the players and their audience, and it may also become a form of security.
New college engineering textbooks and other online learning materials use activities like interactive questions to engage students and improve learning. Some such materials use a "safe" learning approach where activity solutions are readily available to students, as opposed to being graded like a homework assignment. Instructors have inquired how few course points are sufficient to ensure...
This article presents a Facilities Planning project for fostering creative performance in the workplace of an IT developing company. The study of workspaces designed for encouraging creative and innovative outcomes in organizations is a developing field that still receives little academic attention despite the possible gains it can bring to workers and organizations. In order to address this issue...
EAP is one of the most effective prevention mechanisms to solve the staffs' life and health problems in work, but also can effectively help managers to reduce employees' turnover intention. We are engaged in the empirical study based on enterprise employees in this paper. The results show: (1) EAPs play a negative role on turnover intention; (2) work-family conflict plays a positive role on turnover...
This paper aims to investigate one important topic in Employee-Manager relationship (perceived ability in leader and trust in leader) based on a cross country analysis in Chinese and German companies. The purpose is to discuss whether culture difference has significant effect in building trust between employees and leaders. Based on Hofstede model (2010) and the results of interview researches, we...
Three perspectives of hotel brand equity, i.e., financial, customer, and employee, were identified and reviewed thoroughly in this paper. A holistic model of brand equity management was proposed, and relationships among financial based, customer based, and employee based brand equity were investigated. Management implications were made, and future research directions were discussed.
This paper describes our latest work on assisting CPG (Consumer Packaged Goods) companies with their product packaging designs by providing color palettes that are visually appealing, novel and consistent with desired marketing messages for a particular brand and product. Specifically, we start by mining a large collections of images of different products and brands to learn about all the colors and...
It is increasingly recognised that successful Software Engineering not only depends on technical or process issues, but requires attention to human factors. Researchers include such aspects which has led to both new theories and refined methods. However, it is not clear if professionals in the software industry agree that human factors are critical and what the related challenges and possibilities...
The vast development of mobile technologies has led to a competitive environment between the existing providers of telecommunication services in delivering their best offers to create customer values. Among their customers, postpaid subscribers have a distinguished position due to their exclusive characteristics which require special treatments from respective providers. This study aims to identify...
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